Missouri responds in abortion case
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- The state of Missouri urged the Supreme Court to stay out of the dispute over two of the state's abortion requirements.
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House to vote on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act next Tuesday
Link - Sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would prohibit abortions on unborn babies 20 weeks or older, based on congressional findings that by that point (and even earlier) the unborn child has the capacity to experience great pain during an abortion.
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Judge Strikes Down Indiana Ban on Abortions of Babies With Down Syndrome
Link - A federal judge struck down an Indiana law on Friday that protected unborn babies from discrimination based on their sex, race or abilities.
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Appeals court won't reconsider Arkansas abortion pill ruling
Link - A federal appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for Arkansas to impose new restrictions on the way the abortion pill is administered in the state, saying it won't reconsider a panel's decision in favor of the 2015 law.
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Abortion Fans Shout Down Woman Sharing Her Abortion Story
Link - In their never-ending quest to normalize and de-stigmatize abortion, leftists may want to do a bit more listening than their fellow combatants, who spent the better part of 10 minutes trying to drown out a woman sharing her own abortion story Wednesday night in Columbus, Ohio.
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Seeking pro-life leadership at the National Institutes of Health
Link - The agency could be a leader in ethical science and medicine, but a void exists there now
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Ireland Will Vote on Abortion Next Year - Social Conservatives Play Defense
Link - The decline of the Catholic Church as the main bulwark of civic culture in Ireland tells much of the story.
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20 years of assisted suicide in Oregon
Link - The reasons for requesting help in dying have remained relatively constant. Pain was not a major factor.
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Nerve stimulation restores consciousness to Frenchman who had been in a "persistent vegetative state" for 15 years
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Link 2 - If there is anything we've learned in the last decade about the adaptability and recuperative powers of the human brain it is that the "givens" about how the brain responds to massive injury continue to fall, one by one.